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How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication

New research suggests that location plays a smaller role now in who we talk to and what we talk about.

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The Potential Problem With Personalized Google Maps? We May Never Know What We're Not SeeingGoogle is promising a million maps for a ...

// May 17

 

How Data Can Aid Farmers' Markets and Education InnovationsGovernment information can aid the public but opening it up is just the first ...

// May 16

 

A Live Map of the Manic Ways People Edit WikipediaThe edits come so quickly from across the globe that you'd best screen-grab this ...

// May 10

 

What's Your City Watching on YouTube?The Trends Map displays viewing and sharing behavior among registered users on the YouTube Dashboard ...

// May 10

 

White House Orders Agencies to Follow New Open Data StandardsThe new directive requires machine-readable formats for all new government ...

// May 9

 

How Much Do Automated License Plate Readers Know About You?System lets law enforcement create a robust picture of your life and what you do.

// May 9

 

Commentary: The Diminishing Returns of Big-Data CampaigningWhat if we were wrong about the Obama campaign’s technological advantage?

// May 8

 

Most Data Isn’t 'Big,' and Businesses Are Wasting Money Pretending It IsEven web giants like Facebook and Yahoo generally aren’t dealing ...

// May 7

 

Agriculture Department Considers Data-Driven Nutrition AssistanceOfficials could use the database to make smarter decisions and improve ...

// May 6

 

Many CIOs Support IT Reform LegislationTech chiefs also praised PortfolioStat in survey, but have moved on from the 25 Point Plan.

// May 2
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